Source: marvel.com
5. Brilliant
I’ve talked about the brilliance of Brilliant before in an article a buncha months ago, but I still call it out as one of my favorite ongoing indie series, even if ongoing should probably be in quotation marks.
By Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, the same two craftsmen who gave us the incredible first hundred and ten issues of Ultimate Spider-Man, Brilliant is a fast paced drama about power and responsibility. A group of college students figure out a theoretical way to give themselves superpowers. But when one kid conducts the ultimate beta test, things really go to hell.
Brilliant is as good as you’d expect from that creative team. That is to say, very, very totally extremely, great. And, unlike most of the other books this late in the list, I actually feel comfortable recommending that you read this because…
Odds of returning: 1 in 2. I was fortunate enough to be in attendance to hear Bendis himself speak at Wondercon this year, where he confirmed a desire to finish Brilliant on both his part and Bagley’s. Citing scheduling difficulties as the reason for the book’s delay, he promised it would be finished as soon as possible.
